See Also: grot(1)(dictionary)
grot(dictionary)
grot(2)(dictionary)
The Australian(finance)
Australian(dictionary)
TAA-Australian Airlines(finance)
Australian Ballet(encyclopedia)
Australian Alps(encyclopedia)
Australian Aboriginal(encyclopedia)
Australian Homemade(tourism)

grot(2) (iou) and Australian (iou)


grot(2) (iou)



grot adjective & noun3. slang. M20.
[Abbreviation.]
A. adjective. = GROTTY. M20.
Listener What with grot hotels..and General anxiety, I had not had what I would call a meal since leaving Khartoum.
b. noun. Something or someone grotty; esp. rubbish, dirt. M20.
Civil Service Motoring Old cars..may be coated with a couple of decades worth of grot.

Australian (iou)



Australian noun & adjective. L17.
[French australien, from Latin australis in Terra Australis southern land (see sense A.1 below), + -AN.]
A. noun.
1. A native of the Terra Australis, the supposed continent and islands lying in the Great Southern Ocean, now identified as including Australasia, Polynesia, and parts of southern S. America. L17-L18.
2. A native or inhabitant of the island-continent of Australia. E19.
new Australian: see NEW adjective.
B. adjective. Of or pertaining to Australia. E19.
Australian cattle-dog Austral. & NZ a cattle-dog with a dark speckled body. Australian crawl a fast swimming stroke originating in Australia. Australian Football = Australian Rules Football below. Australian MAGPIE. Australian PRATINCOLE. Australian Rules (the rules governing) a form of Football developed in Australia (= Australian Rules Football below). Australian Rules Football a form of Football played on an oval pitch with a rugby ball by teams of 18 players. Australian salmon a large green and silver percoid fish, Arripis trutta, found off the coast of New Zealand and SE Australia. Australian teak = FLINDOSA. Australian terrier a wire-haired terrier of an Australian breed. Australian warbler: see WARBLER 2c.
Australi'ana noun pl. [-ANA] publications or Other items concerning or associated with Australia M19.
Australianism noun (a) a word or idiom peculiar to Australia; (b) = Australianness: L19.
Australianize verb trans. make Australian in character etc. L19.
Australianness [-n-n-] noun the state or quality of being Australian M20.